The 'Angelina Effect' Has Doubled Preventative Mastectomy Procedures In The U.K
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November 2015 12:59
- Written by Huffington post
Two years after the actress Angelina Jolie went public about having a gene mutation linked to breast cancer and her preventative double mastectomy, a new U.K. study has shown that the number of preventative operations of this kind has risen.Angelina Jolie's announcement in May 2013 that she had had a double mastectomy caused a media storm. The American actress carries a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, as did her mother, who died of breast cancer. She explained that she decided to have the operation to eliminate the 87 per cent risk that she would one day develop breast cancer.Her decision led to renewed interest in breast cancer genetic research which a research team at a breast cancer prevention clinic at the University Hospital of South Manchester in the U.K. decided to investigate.In their study, which was published in the journal Breast Cancer on November 25, the researchers noted that the number of double mastectomies carried out in their clinic had more than doubled between January 2014 and June 2015, reaching a total of 83 procedures, whereas only 29 preventive mastectomies had been performed there between January 2011 and June 2012.While they did not question the patients about their underlying reasons for having the operation, professor of clinical genetics Gareth Evans and his team believe that the "Angelina Jolie effect" did much to encourage them.At the breast cancer prevention clinic at the University Hospital of South Manchester, the number of operations performed on women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations increased from 17 between January 2011 and June 2012, to 31 from January 2014 to June 2015.The researchers noted that there was even an increase in the number of procedures on high-risk women without the BRCA1/2 gene mutation (up from 12 to 52 over the same period).The researchers pointed out that there is normally a period of 9 to 12 months between the initial consultation and the operation. This could explain the rise in preventative mastectomies at the beginning of 2014, some 9 months after Angelina Jolie made her announcement.The study's authors say the effect has been prolonged. They would be interested to see whether other hospitals, in the UK and elsewhere, have noted similar results.
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Angelina Jolie accepts honourary post at Cambodian film festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 11:43
- Written by Bangkok post
The little-known Cambodia International Film Festival is getting a star-powered boost this year from Angelina Jolie Pitt.Organisers said in a statement Wednesday that Jolie, who is in Cambodia filming her latest movie, will serve as president of the festival's honourary committee.The festival, which is in its 6th year, runs from Dec 4 to 10. It is screening 130 films from 34 countries.Jolie is currently in the Southeast Asian country filming an adaptation of a Khmer Rouge biography, "First They Killed My Father,'' based on a 2000 memoir by Cambodian author and human rights activist Luong Ung.
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Angelina Jolie Reveals She "Loves" Being in Menopause
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 November 2015 04:34
- Written by US Magazine
No regrets. Angelina Jolie has revealed that her experience of early menopause since having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed back in March has not been bad at all.In fact, the 40-year-old wife of Brad Pitt says she "loves" being menopausal and isn't pining for her youth in any way.“I actually love being in menopause,” the mom-of-six said in an interview with Australia's Daily Telegraph. “I haven’t had a terrible reaction to it, so I’m very fortunate," she added."I feel older, and I feel settled being older," the actress and humanitarian continued. "I feel happy that I've grown up. I don't want to be young again."Jolie has been very vocal about her health choices, penning two New York Times op-eds on the topic. She first explained her decision to have a preventative double mastectomy back in 2013. Her second detailed her choice to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes in March of this year after a terrifying cancer scare.The By the Sea star has been keen to make it clear that, far from feeling the surgeries have had a detrimental effect on her life, these days she feels more womanly than ever."I feel feminine, and grounded in the choices I am making for myself and my family," she wrote in her article back in March. "I know my children will never have to say, ‘Mom died of ovarian cancer.’"
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Rejected! Doctors Tell Angelina She’s TOO SKINNY For Plastic Surgery
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 20:26
- Written by Radar Online
Jolie wanted a new nip/tuck, but her surgeon said it was unsafe.Angelina Jolie isn’t used to hearing the word “No.” But RadarOnline.com has learned she was shut down at the plastic surgeon’s office when she requested a new procedure and was told she’s too thin! According to a source, “Angelina didn’t want to have breast implants after her mastectomy, because it would require additional surgeries down the road, and possible complications. The alternative to the breast implants would have been taking fat from her abdomen to construct the breasts. Using her own tissue would have been more natural, but that surgery would have been a lot longer.” “That’s what she wanted to do,” added a source.But doctors told Angie she wasn’t a candidate for the fat transfer to the breasts because “she is just too thin,” the insider claimed. “In the end, it all worked out and Angie was happy with the results.” “Down the line though, Angie will need to have the implants replaced.” While busy promoting By The Sea with her husband, Brad Pitt, 51, Jolie’s scary skinny frame has been making headlines yet again.Her bones were sticking out at the recent WSJ Innovator Awards in New York City. Jolie, 40, went public with her decision to have a double mastectomy and hysterectomy last year, after testing positive for faulty BRCA-1 genetic mutation, which put her at increased odds of getting breast and/or ovarian cancer.Ovarian cancer took the life of Angelina’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, as well as her grandmother and aunt.
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Angelina Jolie Talks Marriage, Her Health, Family & More with 'WSJ'
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- Published on Thursday, 05 November 2015 21:15
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie Pitt stars in this gorgeous black and white photo shoot for WSJ‘s new issue, where she’s been named the 2015 Entertainment/Film Innovator.Here’s what the 40-year-old actress, director, and humanitarian had to share with the mag:
On filming emotionally difficult scenes with Brad Pitt for By the Sea: “It was not easy. We just had to be brave and say, ‘OK, honey, we’re strong enough to do this; let’s somehow use this to make us stronger.’”
On her health: “I want to make sure my kids are never worried about me. Even if I’m going through something, I make sure they are very aware that I’m totally fine. I’ll stop and make a joke. I talk to them. I never, ever want them to have that secret worry and feel that they have to take care of me.” Brad adds: “I’ll tell you this about her surgeries: Once the decision was made, she was on the operating table two weeks later. You have to understand that this is a woman who never knew she’d make it to 40. This is a woman who had watched her mother, aunt and grandmother become sick and eventually succumb, all at an early age. Her drive, her absolute value in herself, is defined by the impact she can have during her time here—for her kids and for the underprivileged and those suffering.”
On domestic life: “We wake up, we make breakfast. In our domestic life, we’re Mom and Dad. And often we’re dorky Mom and Dad, which the kids find ridiculous.”
For more from Angelina, visit WSJ.com.
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